A package on the doorstep

[hrj]

'Tis the season for finding boxes and packages unexpectedly delivered, but when I came home to find a large carton from "ProQuest Information and Learning" on the porch I was totally baffled. Turns out to be the hardbound copies of my dissertation that I ordered back, oh, two years ago. Yay! Now I'm trying to remember why I ordered four copies. One for me, one for the parents (yes, I know I gave you a xeroxed velo-bound copy two years ago, but that was meant as a place-holder), maybe one for the linguistics department library rather than the usual xeroxed copy?, maybe my usual "one for the brag shelf" to supplement the use-copy? Or maybe it was just "Wow, this is a cheap price for a hardbound copy, I'll order an extra or two just in case I find a use for them"? I have this nagging feeling that at least one of my friends was interested enough that I got them a copy as a present, but after two years it's a very nebulous feeling.